1899 VFL Season

These are the results for the 1899 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League).

It featured fourteen rounds in a double round-robin format. Fitzroy were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Sectional Round-Robin system. Fitzroy were the premiers, with Alec Sloan as the premiership captain.

Season Details

Name: 1899 VFL Season
Teams: 8
Rounds: 14
Finals System: Sectional Round-Robin System
Matches: 69

Team Details

Team	Home Ground	Coach (Appointed)	Coach (Caretaker)
Carlton	Princes Park
Collingwood	Victoria Park
Essendon	East Melbourne
Fitzroy	Brunswick Street Oval
Geelong	Corio Oval
Melbourne	MCG
South Melbourne	Lakeside Oval
St Kilda	Junction Oval

Season Results

Premiers: Fitzroy
Runners-Up: South Melbourne
Minor Premiers: Fitzroy

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
Fitzroy	1st	11	-0-	3	44	153.3%	618	403	84	114	49	109
Geelong	2nd	10	-0-	4	40	177.2%	684	386	95	114	48	98
Collingwood	3rd	10	-0-	4	40	135.3%	590	436	78	122	59	82
Essendon	4th	9	-0-	5	36	140.2%	600	428	77	138	56	92
Melbourne	5th	8	-0-	6	32	136.7%	574	420	73	136	57	78
South Melbourne	6th	5	-0-	9	20	105.2%	528	502	70	108	66	106
Carlton	7th	3	-0-	11	12	53.1%	317	597	41	71	78	129
St Kilda	8th	0	-0-	14	0	28.0%	288	1,027	36	72	141	181

Major Premiership Results

Sectional Ladder A

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
Fitzroy	1st	3	-0-	0	12	172.6%	126	73	16	30	10	13
Collingwood	2nd	2	-0-	1	8	131.0%	114	87	15	24	11	21
Carlton	3rd	1	-0-	2	4	103.2%	98	95	14	14	12	23
Melbourne	4th	0	-0-	3	0	34.1%	43	126	5	13	17	24

Sectional Ladder B

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
South Melbourne	1st	3	-0-	0	12	239.7%	151	63	21	25	8	15
Geelong	2nd	2	-0-	1	8	304.9%	247	81	34	43	10	21
Essendon	3rd	1	-0-	2	4	177.3%	172	97	22	40	12	25
St Kilda	4th	0	-0-	3	0	9.6%	35	364	4	11	51	58

Overall Premiership Results

Team	Position (Outcome)
Fitzroy	1st	Premiers
South Melbourne	2nd	Runners-Up
Geelong	3rd	2nd place in round-robin finals series (Ladder B)
Collingwood	4th	2nd place in round-robin finals series (Ladder A)
Essendon	5th	3rd place in round-robin finals series (Ladder B)
Melbourne	6th	4th place in round-robin finals series (Ladder A)
Carlton	7th	3rd place in round-robin finals series (Ladder A)
St Kilda	8th	4th place in round-robin finals series (Ladder B)

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	13/05/1899	3:00 PM	Fitzroy v Essendon	Brunswick Street Oval	47	-	9
SAT	13/05/1899	3:00 PM	Geelong v Collingwood	Corio Oval	54	-	27
SAT	13/05/1899	3:00 PM	Melbourne v St Kilda	MCG	116	-	23
SAT	13/05/1899	3:00 PM	South Melbourne v Carlton	Lakeside Oval	73	-	18

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Fitzroy	1st	1	-0-	0	4	522.2%	47	9
Melbourne	2nd	1	-0-	0	4	504.3%	116	23
South Melbourne	3rd	1	-0-	0	4	405.6%	73	18
Geelong	4th	1	-0-	0	4	200.0%	54	27
Collingwood	5th	0	-0-	1	0	50.0%	27	54
Carlton	6th	0	-0-	1	0	24.7%	18	73
St Kilda	7th	0	-0-	1	0	19.8%	23	116
Essendon	8th	0	-0-	1	0	19.1%	9	47

Round 2

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	20/05/1899	3:00 PM	Carlton v Geelong	Princes Park	11	-	36
SAT	20/05/1899	3:00 PM	Collingwood v Melbourne	Victoria Park	27	-	54
SAT	20/05/1899	3:00 PM	South Melbourne v Fitzroy	Lakeside Oval	38	-	42
SAT	20/05/1899	3:00 PM	St Kilda v Essendon	Junction Oval	20	-	66

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Melbourne	1st	2	-0-	0	8	340.0%	170	50
Geelong	2nd	2	-0-	0	8	236.8%	90	38
Fitzroy	3rd	2	-0-	0	8	189.4%	89	47
South Melbourne	4th	1	-0-	1	4	185.0%	111	60
Essendon	5th	1	-0-	1	4	111.9%	75	67
Collingwood	6th	0	-0-	2	0	50.0%	54	108
Carlton	7th	0	-0-	2	0	26.6%	29	109
St Kilda	8th	0	-0-	2	0	23.6%	43	182

Round 3

Date			Match	Venue	Result
WED	24/05/1899	11:00 AM	Collingwood v St Kilda	Victoria Park	87	-	18
WED	24/05/1899	3:00 PM	Carlton v Melbourne	Princes Park	19	-	45
WED	24/05/1899	3:00 PM	Essendon v South Melbourne	East Melbourne	15	-	9
WED	24/05/1899	3:00 PM	Geelong v Fitzroy	Corio Oval	8	-	32

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Melbourne	1st	3	-0-	0	12	311.6%	215	69
Fitzroy	2nd	3	-0-	0	12	220.0%	121	55
Geelong	3rd	2	-0-	1	8	140.0%	98	70
Essendon	4th	2	-0-	1	8	118.4%	90	76
South Melbourne	5th	1	-0-	2	4	160.0%	120	75
Collingwood	6th	1	-0-	2	4	111.9%	141	126
Carlton	7th	0	-0-	3	0	31.2%	48	154
St Kilda	8th	0	-0-	3	0	22.7%	61	269

Round 4

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	27/05/1899	3:00 PM	Essendon v Carlton	East Melbourne	48	-	9
SAT	27/05/1899	3:00 PM	Fitzroy v St Kilda	Brunswick Street Oval	56	-	33
SAT	27/05/1899	3:00 PM	Melbourne v Geelong	MCG	32	-	27
SAT	27/05/1899	3:00 PM	South Melbourne v Collingwood	Lakeside Oval	22	-	29

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Melbourne	1st	4	-0-	0	16	257.3%	247	96
Fitzroy	2nd	4	-0-	0	16	201.1%	177	88
Essendon	3rd	3	-0-	1	12	162.4%	138	85
Geelong	4th	2	-0-	2	8	122.5%	125	102
Collingwood	5th	2	-0-	2	8	114.9%	170	148
South Melbourne	6th	1	-0-	3	4	136.5%	142	104
St Kilda	7th	0	-0-	4	0	28.9%	94	325
Carlton	8th	0	-0-	4	0	28.2%	57	202

Round 5

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	03/06/1899	3:00 PM	Carlton v Collingwood	Princes Park	21	-	52
SAT	03/06/1899	3:00 PM	Geelong v Essendon	Corio Oval	28	-	24
SAT	03/06/1899	3:00 PM	Melbourne v Fitzroy	MCG	35	-	24
SAT	03/06/1899	3:00 PM	St Kilda v South Melbourne	Junction Oval	33	-	70

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Melbourne	1st	5	-0-	0	20	235.0%	282	120
Fitzroy	2nd	4	-0-	1	16	163.4%	201	123
Essendon	3rd	3	-0-	2	12	143.4%	162	113
Collingwood	4th	3	-0-	2	12	131.4%	222	169
Geelong	5th	3	-0-	2	12	121.4%	153	126
South Melbourne	6th	2	-0-	3	8	154.7%	212	137
St Kilda	7th	0	-0-	5	0	32.2%	127	395
Carlton	8th	0	-0-	5	0	30.7%	78	254

Round 6

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	10/06/1899	3:00 PM	Collingwood v Fitzroy	Victoria Park	13	-	35
SAT	10/06/1899	3:00 PM	Essendon v Melbourne	East Melbourne	30	-	16
SAT	10/06/1899	3:00 PM	South Melbourne v Geelong	Lakeside Oval	35	-	19
SAT	10/06/1899	3:00 PM	St Kilda v Carlton	Junction Oval	29	-	31

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Melbourne	1st	5	-0-	1	20	198.7%	298	150
Fitzroy	2nd	5	-0-	1	20	173.5%	236	136
Essendon	3rd	4	-0-	2	16	148.8%	192	129
South Melbourne	4th	3	-0-	3	12	158.3%	247	156
Collingwood	5th	3	-0-	3	12	115.2%	235	204
Geelong	6th	3	-0-	3	12	106.8%	172	161
Carlton	7th	1	-0-	5	4	38.5%	109	283
St Kilda	8th	0	-0-	6	0	36.6%	156	426

Round 7

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	17/06/1899	3:00 PM	Collingwood v Essendon	Victoria Park	48	-	28
SAT	17/06/1899	3:00 PM	Fitzroy v Carlton	Brunswick Street Oval	45	-	13
SAT	17/06/1899	3:00 PM	Melbourne v South Melbourne	MCG	50	-	43
SAT	17/06/1899	3:00 PM	St Kilda v Geelong	Junction Oval	31	-	78

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Fitzroy	1st	6	-0-	1	24	188.6%	281	149
Melbourne	2nd	6	-0-	1	24	180.3%	348	193
Geelong	3rd	4	-0-	3	16	130.2%	250	192
Essendon	4th	4	-0-	3	16	124.3%	220	177
Collingwood	5th	4	-0-	3	16	122.0%	283	232
South Melbourne	6th	3	-0-	4	12	140.8%	290	206
Carlton	7th	1	-0-	6	4	37.2%	122	328
St Kilda	8th	0	-0-	7	0	37.1%	187	504

Round 8

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	24/06/1899	3:00 PM	Carlton v South Melbourne	Princes Park	24	-	5
SAT	24/06/1899	3:00 PM	Collingwood v Geelong	Victoria Park	20	-	61
SAT	24/06/1899	3:00 PM	Essendon v Fitzroy	East Melbourne	51	-	63
SAT	24/06/1899	3:00 PM	St Kilda v Melbourne	Junction Oval	20	-	37

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Melbourne	1st	7	-0-	1	28	180.8%	385	213
Fitzroy	2nd	7	-0-	1	28	172.0%	344	200
Geelong	3rd	5	-0-	3	20	146.7%	311	212
Essendon	4th	4	-0-	4	16	112.9%	271	240
Collingwood	5th	4	-0-	4	16	103.4%	303	293
South Melbourne	6th	3	-0-	5	12	128.3%	295	230
Carlton	7th	2	-0-	6	8	43.8%	146	333
St Kilda	8th	0	-0-	8	0	38.3%	207	541

Round 9

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	08/07/1899	3:00 PM	Essendon v St Kilda	East Melbourne	85	-	6
SAT	08/07/1899	3:00 PM	Fitzroy v South Melbourne	Brunswick Street Oval	62	-	29
SAT	08/07/1899	3:00 PM	Geelong v Carlton	Corio Oval	63	-	33
SAT	08/07/1899	3:00 PM	Melbourne v Collingwood	MCG	13	-	21

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Fitzroy	1st	8	-0-	1	32	177.3%	406	229
Melbourne	2nd	7	-0-	2	28	170.1%	398	234
Geelong	3rd	6	-0-	3	24	152.7%	374	245
Essendon	4th	5	-0-	4	20	144.7%	356	246
Collingwood	5th	5	-0-	4	20	105.9%	324	306
South Melbourne	6th	3	-0-	6	12	111.0%	324	292
Carlton	7th	2	-0-	7	8	45.2%	179	396
St Kilda	8th	0	-0-	9	0	34.0%	213	626

Round 10

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	15/07/1899	3:00 PM	Fitzroy v Geelong	Brunswick Street Oval	23	-	58
SAT	15/07/1899	3:00 PM	Melbourne v Carlton	MCG	54	-	22
SAT	15/07/1899	3:00 PM	South Melbourne v Essendon	Lakeside Oval	35	-	51
SAT	15/07/1899	3:00 PM	St Kilda v Collingwood	Junction Oval	11	-	94

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Melbourne	1st	8	-0-	2	32	176.6%	452	256
Fitzroy	2nd	8	-0-	2	32	149.5%	429	287
Geelong	3rd	7	-0-	3	28	161.2%	432	268
Essendon	4th	6	-0-	4	24	144.8%	407	281
Collingwood	5th	6	-0-	4	24	131.9%	418	317
South Melbourne	6th	3	-0-	7	12	104.7%	359	343
Carlton	7th	2	-0-	8	8	44.7%	201	450
St Kilda	8th	0	-0-	10	0	31.1%	224	720

Round 11

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	22/07/1899	3:00 PM	Carlton v Essendon	Princes Park	26	-	57
SAT	22/07/1899	3:00 PM	Collingwood v South Melbourne	Victoria Park	39	-	36
SAT	22/07/1899	3:00 PM	Geelong v Melbourne	Corio Oval	36	-	22
SAT	22/07/1899	3:00 PM	St Kilda v Fitzroy	Junction Oval	30	-	84

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Fitzroy	1st	9	-0-	2	36	161.8%	513	317
Melbourne	2nd	8	-0-	3	32	162.3%	474	292
Geelong	3rd	8	-0-	3	32	161.4%	468	290
Essendon	4th	7	-0-	4	28	151.1%	464	307
Collingwood	5th	7	-0-	4	28	129.5%	457	353
South Melbourne	6th	3	-0-	8	12	103.4%	395	382
Carlton	7th	2	-0-	9	8	44.8%	227	507
St Kilda	8th	0	-0-	11	0	31.6%	254	804

Round 12

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	29/07/1899	3:00 PM	Collingwood v Carlton	Victoria Park	43	-	27
SAT	29/07/1899	3:00 PM	Essendon v Geelong	East Melbourne	67	-	43
SAT	29/07/1899	3:00 PM	Fitzroy v Melbourne	Brunswick Street Oval	41	-	33
SAT	29/07/1899	3:00 PM	South Melbourne v St Kilda	Lakeside Oval	57	-	24

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Fitzroy	1st	10	-0-	2	40	158.3%	554	350
Melbourne	2nd	8	-0-	4	32	152.3%	507	333
Essendon	3rd	8	-0-	4	32	151.7%	531	350
Geelong	4th	8	-0-	4	32	143.1%	511	357
Collingwood	5th	8	-0-	4	32	131.6%	500	380
South Melbourne	6th	4	-0-	8	16	111.3%	452	406
Carlton	7th	2	-0-	10	8	46.2%	254	550
St Kilda	8th	0	-0-	12	0	32.3%	278	861

Round 13

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	05/08/1899	3:00 PM	Carlton v St Kilda	Princes Park	47	-	8
SAT	05/08/1899	3:00 PM	Fitzroy v Collingwood	Brunswick Street Oval	25	-	37
SAT	05/08/1899	3:00 PM	Geelong v South Melbourne	Corio Oval	54	-	27
SAT	05/08/1899	3:00 PM	Melbourne v Essendon	MCG	25	-	38

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Fitzroy	1st	10	-0-	3	40	149.6%	579	387
Essendon	2nd	9	-0-	4	36	151.7%	569	375
Geelong	3rd	9	-0-	4	36	147.1%	565	384
Collingwood	4th	9	-0-	4	36	132.6%	537	405
Melbourne	5th	8	-0-	5	32	143.4%	532	371
South Melbourne	6th	4	-0-	9	16	104.1%	479	460
Carlton	7th	3	-0-	10	12	53.9%	301	558
St Kilda	8th	0	-0-	13	0	31.5%	286	908

Round 14

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	12/08/1899	3:00 PM	Carlton v Fitzroy	Princes Park	16	-	39
SAT	12/08/1899	3:00 PM	Essendon v Collingwood	East Melbourne	31	-	53
SAT	12/08/1899	3:00 PM	Geelong v St Kilda	Corio Oval	119	-	2
SAT	12/08/1899	3:00 PM	South Melbourne v Melbourne	Lakeside Oval	49	-	42

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Fitzroy	1st	11	-0-	3	44	153.3%	618	403
Geelong	2nd	10	-0-	4	40	177.2%	684	386
Collingwood	3rd	10	-0-	4	40	135.3%	590	436
Essendon	4th	9	-0-	5	36	140.2%	600	428
Melbourne	5th	8	-0-	6	32	136.7%	574	420
South Melbourne	6th	5	-0-	9	20	105.2%	528	502
Carlton	7th	3	-0-	11	12	53.1%	317	597
St Kilda	8th	0	-0-	14	0	28.0%	288	1,027

Final Round 1

Round-Robin Final 1

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	26/08/1899	2:30 PM	Essendon v St Kilda	East Melbourne	120	-	22
SAT	26/08/1899	2:30 PM	Fitzroy v Carlton	Brunswick Street Oval	41	-	40
SAT	26/08/1899	2:30 PM	Geelong v South Melbourne	Corio Oval	38	-	41
SAT	26/08/1899	2:30 PM	Melbourne v Collingwood	Lakeside Oval	25	-	45

Final Round 2

Round-Robin Final 2

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	02/09/1899	2:30 PM	Collingwood v Carlton	Victoria Park	38	-	17
SAT	02/09/1899	2:30 PM	Essendon v Geelong	East Melbourne	39	-	47
SAT	02/09/1899	2:30 PM	Fitzroy v Melbourne	Brunswick Street Oval	40	-	2
SAT	02/09/1899	2:30 PM	St Kilda v South Melbourne	Junction Oval	12	-	82

Final Round 3

Round-Robin Final 3

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	09/09/1899	2:30 PM	Carlton v Melbourne	Princes Park	41	-	16
SAT	09/09/1899	2:30 PM	Collingwood v Fitzroy	Victoria Park	31	-	45
SAT	09/09/1899	2:30 PM	Geelong v St Kilda	Corio Oval	162	-	1
SAT	09/09/1899	2:30 PM	South Melbourne v Essendon	Lakeside Oval	28	-	13

Final Round 4

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	16/09/1899	2:50 PM	Fitzroy v South Melbourne	Junction Oval	27	-	26	4,823

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